Jewish Prayers for Gaza

Blessed is the light
that illumines the path to Olam Haba
the World to Come:

where bombs falling from above
have long since melted into the spreading calm
of a distant horizon;
where the dispossessed and expelled
have no other memories than
the softness of arms reaching out
to welcome them home.

Blessed is the light
that shows us the way forward –
and blessed is Shabbat,
this moment filling us endlessly
with the vision of a world liberated,
inspiring us with the strength
to make it so.